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OTHER ITEMS AND CHARGES (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Unusual or Infrequent Items, or Both [Abstract] |
Summary of Environmental Exit Costs by Cost | In June 2017, we initiated the plan to cease operations of the Southbridge Landfill and later closed it in November 2018 when Southbridge Landfill reached its final capacity. Accordingly, in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, we recorded charges (settlement) associated with the closure of the Southbridge Landfill as follows:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |  |
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Charlton settlement charge (1) | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,216 |
Legal and other costs (2) | 625 |  |  | 502 |  |  | 2,097 |  |  | 1,044 |
Recovery on insurance settlement (3) | — |  |  | (10,000) |  |  | — |  |  | (10,000) |
Southbridge Landfill closure charge (settlement), net | $ | 625 |  |  | $ | (9,498) |  |  | $ | 2,097 |  |  | $ | (7,740) |
(1)We established a reserve associated with settlement of the Town of Charlton's claim against us. See Note 9, Commitments and Contingencies for additional disclosure. (2)We incurred legal costs as well as other costs associated with various matters as part of the Southbridge Landfill closure. See Note 9, Commitments and Contingencies for additional disclosure. (3)We recorded a recovery on an environmental insurance settlement associated with the Southbridge Landfill closure. See Note 9, Commitments and Contingencies for additional disclosure.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of material liabilities for remediation, site restoration, postclosure, monitoring commitments, or other exit costs that may occur on the sale, disposal or abandonment of a property as a result of unanticipated contamination of the assets. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 450 -SubTopic 20 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SAB Topic 5.Y.Q4) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27011672&loc=d3e149879-122751 + Details
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